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Don't
be discouraged if
you
are confused
at this
point.
Many
people
are inexperienced in
the
kind
of logical
thinking required
to
write
programs.
You may
need
to
allow
yourself plenty
of time to become comfortable
with
the step-by-step nature
of the computer,
and the sometimes infuriating
attention
you
must
pay
to detail.
But remember
that
inexperience
does not
mean inabillty. There
are a
tremendous
number
of new and
sophisticated
concepts
presented
in
this book.
You
will want
to
read it
many
times
and keep it handy
so that
you
can look
up
details when
you
forget
them.
You have
just
begun
to
discover
what
you
can make
your
ATARI
800 do with BASIC language. Your
next step
is
to read
and study
Learn
Atari BASIC. lf
you
are a"natural" at
programming you
will absorb its
contents
quickly
and
easily.
lf
not,
you
should
allow
yourself
several weeks or
perhaps
months
to master
the
material
presented.
There is
no hurry since
at every stage
of
learning
you
will be
creating
your
own
programs
to use and share on
your
ATARI
800
Computer.
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You
can use the format shown in
this
first
sample
program
to code an
unlimited
number
of
dialogue
type
pro-
grams.
You will
need to change
the
string
constants and occasionally rearrange
to
COTO's. Here
is
anotherex-
the OCE:AN$ FftOGRAM.
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